I put down Bloodline for
review because I saw something with Loren Anthony, who does vocals and bass. I
believe it was something related to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
The tricky part now is
that I am not sure how current the band is. They were started in 1998, almost
twenty years ago. There is still some activity on the Facebook page, but not a
lot.
That doesn't have to mean
much. As I started reviewing indigenous artists last year, many of them were
focusing far more on #NoDAPL than their music careers, for which I could not
blame them.
Still, some other artists
had previously posted more music on line. ReverbNation has one song, one video,
and I found at least two other videos on Youtube, but on different channels.
Anthony himself does many
other things, including acting, speaking, and Iron Warrior Fitness. But I
review bands.
So, for Loren, but also
for Virgil Wilson and Leland Anthony on guitars and Steve Baca on drums, I
listened to the songs I could find multiple times.
Bloodline is a metal band
out of Gallup, New Mexico. The brand of metal feels more hardcore, with the growling and
existential anger. That feels generationally appropriate for a band that
started in 1998, though I have heard it with newer bands as well. They invite
you to imagine that Machinehead had a baby with old school Sepultura, and I
suspect that's pretty apt.
And I can only suspect
that, because metal isn't my strongest genre. The intro to
"Sacrifice" reminds me a bit of KISS circa 1979, but it is definitely
more metal than rock.
If Bloodline wants to
focus on the band, they could use better web organization, and there are lots
of options for doing that. If other projects are more important to them, that's
okay too. I wish them well whatever their path.
The first two links are
specific to the band, and the last two are for Loren Anthony.
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